Sunday, 22 February 2015

Already Elect

I am not a big fan of anon accounts and usually decline to debate theology with those who cannot even bring themselves to provide an identity. Then there are spoof accounts where the desire of the tweeter is to wind up more than anything else. If I use their stuff, it is generally as canon fodder for this blog or my own Twitter contributions.

Having got that explanation of my chest, so to speak, I'll use the above serving from "Baptist Brother" (whoever he is) to point out the pretty obvious. Both Calvinist and non Calvinist Christians believe that the elect are "already elect". Calvinists believe election to be unconditional and the basis of our faith and repentance. Non Calvinists believe election to be conditional i.e. on faith which God foreseen from eternity past. However, as said, both sides of the fence hold that God's electing purposes have already been set and therefore "the elect are already elect" i.e. from before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). For some totally weird reason, our Baptist friend thinks that neither side should then propagate the gospel.